He used trash cans, bicycle wheels, pots, pans, mixing bowls, aluminum serving trays and cast iron sewer pipes, along with a saw, a bird cage, a shopping cart and a collection of glass bottles of differing sizes.

Artists have worked at the dump since 1990 through a residency program created by Norcal, the city's garbage company, to encourage people to be less wasteful.

The Junkestra will be performed Friday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. Tickets are $10 and $15, available through www.cityboxoffice.com, and proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, Visitacion Valley Club House.